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Southern Starz Australian Education 2005
Installment 3: South Australia


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1. Match the region with the most important varietal produced within it.
a. McLaren Vale
Sauvignon Blanc
Cabernet Sauvignon
Riesling
Shiraz

b. Coonawarra
Sauvignon Blanc
Cabernet Sauvignon
Riesling
Shiraz

c. Adelaide Hills
Sauvignon Blanc
Cabernet Sauvignon
Riesling
Shiraz

d. Eden Valley
Sauvignon Blanc
Cabernet Sauvignon
Riesling
Shiraz


2. You've just been handed a glass of Clare Valley Riesling, which three words best describe that wine?
broad, floral, crisp
citrussy, racy, dry
peach, grapefruit, apricot


3. Which of the following is South Australia¹s coolest climate wine region?
Riverland
Coonawarra
Adelaide Hills


4. Match the characteristic with the region in which they occur.
a. Clare Valley
Cooling ocean breezes
Red clay over limestone soil
Warm days, cool nights in summer

b. McLaren Vale
Cooling ocean breezes
Red clay over limestone soil
Warm days, cool nights in summer

c. Coonawarra
Cooling ocean breezes
Red clay over limestone soil
Warm days, cool nights in summer


5. Name one South Australian producer of each of the following varieties:
Shiraz

Cabernet Sauvignon

Riesling

6. Choose one of the following activities you would most like to occupy a day doing (honestly!!).

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7. The following phrase describes a Shiraz: Dense, rich and voluptuous. Ripe plummy fruit with a long drying finish. Where do you think this particular Shiraz comes from?



8. List your top four favorite wines from South Australia, the region and the food you like to eat with it.
a.

b.

c.

d.


9. Select one of the wines from Question 8 and tell us about the wine, its structure, complexity and nuances. Now, if that wine were a person, who would it be and why? (eg. celebrity, sport star, politician etc)